# ISO 9042:1988 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 9042:1988, item title is Steels — Manual point counting method for statistically estimating the volume fraction of a constituent with a point grid; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 9042:2024 | ISO/DIS 9042; withdrawn / published date is 1988-12-29, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 9042:1988 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Steels — Manual point counting method for statistically estimating the volume fraction of a constituent with a point grid _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 9042:2024 | ISO/DIS 9042
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 1988-12-29 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 16609,IS,,ISO 9042:1988,Steels — Manual point counting method for statistically estimating the volume fraction of a constituent with a point grid,Aciers — Méthode manuelle d'estimation statistique de la fraction volumique d'un constituant à l'aide de grilles de points,1988-12-29,1,['77.040.99'],ISO/TC 17/SC 7,9599,,"[85485,77109]","['en','fr']",4,<p>Applies to constituents (a phase as well as a micrographic constituent composed of two or more phases) which are clearly identifiable. The point grid is superimposed a given number of fields of the observed surface. By counting the number of points the volume fraction is calculated.</p>

## Source

- https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01.
Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).